Members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) under the aegis of the Forum of State Chairmen of the party have reaffirmed their confidence in the leadership of the party at the national level led by former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark.
In a statement yesterday in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, the chairman of the Forum, who doubled as the Kogi State Chairman of the party, Kingsley Temitope Ogga, who warned the public to be wary of the antics of chairmen of the party in Benue and Nasarawa States, said that they are parading themselves as representing the leadership forum.
Ogga, in the statement made available to newsmen noted that the only member elected on the platform of the party, Hon. Leke Abejide, remains suspended indefinitely from the party and that he lacked any locus to act on behalf of the ADC.
He said, “We, members of the Forum of State Chairmen of the ADC in 34 states and the FCT, are using this opportunity to reaffirm our support in the leadership of the party as led by Senator David Mark. We stand by the new NWC led by him and all other members of the national leadership of the ADC.
“We are also aware of the anti-party activities of the chairmen of Nasarawa and Benue state chapters of the party, who were recruited for negative media propaganda against the leadership of our party.
“For the avoidance of doubt, it must be stated that the duo have no locus to act on behalf of the party as the leaders of the forum.”
According to him, Abejide has in recent times been acting against the interest of the ADC by making efforts surreptitiously to hand the party over to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election.
Ogga said, “Owing to a series of anti-party activities since 2023 and a series of attempts to usurp the powers of the national or Kogi State to convoke meetings without due clearance of the relevant organs of the party, it was decided that he be suspended indefinitely and that suspension remains in place until the party decides otherwise.”
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